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trade offs are real. you can't simply claim that regulation on sharp metal sticks is not something that exists. (China and the UK for example)

guns are regulated everywhere, even in places with very lax gun laws.

believe it or not, but ... cars are regulated too!

I agree that we should stop being afraid, and especially we should stop being inconsistent (claiming to protect kids while doing absolutely none of the things that have favorable cost-benefit ratio with regards to actual kid protection outcomes).

I 100% agree with standing up for our rights, functions, features and all that means ownership of computing devices.

And when the chips fall to the ground it means that Google et al. has the right to do whatever the fuck they want with their shit.

And adding all this up leads to the obvious conclusion that we need to put our money where our mind is. (And we need to spend it at places where they are more aligned with our interests.)